Wednesday, April 02, 2008

Radish (Leaves) & Avocado Quiche

Instead of the typical spinach and cheese, radish leaves and avocado are used for the filling. The radish leaves have a slightly peppery flavor similar to arugula's, are really incredible! I love eating the leaves and actually learnt it from Callipygia at FoodChair. Radishes are rich in absorbic acid, folic acid, and potassium. They are a good source of vitamin B6, riboflavin, magnesium, copper, and calcium. Radishes are also suggested as an alternate treatment for cancer, so these quiches I think are suitable to enter CCC.

Recipe of Radish Leaves and Avocado Quiches

yield 15 mini quiches (5 cm in diameters)

15 store-bought mini quiche shells

1 + 1 tablespoons of butter

1 shallot, finely diced

1 big handful of radish leaves, rinsed well, dried, chopped

1/2 tsp mustard

flesh from a whole avocado, diced, mixed with a bit of lemon juice

1 egg

1 - 2 tablespoon(s) grate pecorino cheese (good match with radish)

a dash of milk/ cream

about 6 red radish, thinly sliced

good pinch of salt

grate green peppercorns

dried juniper berries as garnish

How to:

Pre-heat oven to 350F

Pre-heat a skillet, saute the shallot and butter over very low heat for about 1 minute. Raise up the heat, add radish leaves and salt for another 30 seconds. Discard any juice, set the leaves aside.

Puree avocado and leaves, well combine with egg, cheese, mustard, milk/cream, salt and green peppers. Spoon the filling into the shells, arrange radish slices on top, dot with tiny butter cubes and a bit of salt on radish. Bake until the top slightly firm to touch, about 20 minutes.

You never cease to amaze me and even if I said this before it still remains true. After reading your post I can't believe I always throw away radish leaves! You have captured spring in a quiche! Chapeau to you :)

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OK, these will be on my table for sure. I'm growing 5 different varieties of radishes. I love eating the leaves--they taste great used in place of spinach in recipes. Besides the taste--these are impossibly beautiful. They really sing "Spring" to me! Bravo Gattina!

Hey what a great idea, I was sold as soon as I read the title. Those leaves are so good and now I look for the biggest batch... the avocado quiche is so novel! Even the radishes are puckering with pride.